such purposes; and after June 30, 1935, such special funds shall be available for these purposes annually in such amounts as may be specified therefor in the annual appropriation Acts.

For the purpose of increasing employment by providing for emergency construction of public highways and other related projects, fiscal year 1935, $100,000,000 to remain available until expended, which sum shall be apportioned by the Secretary of Agriculture immediately upon the enactment of this Act under the provisions of section 204 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (in addition to any sums heretofore allocated under such section), to the highway departments of the several States to be expended by such departments pursuant to the provisions of such section, and which sum is a part of the $200,000,000 authorized to be appropriated by section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase. employment by authorizing an appropriation to provide for emergency construction of public highways and related projects, and to amend the Federal Aid Road Act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes," approved June 1934.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, fiscal year 1935, $10,000,000 to remain available until expended in accordance with the provisions of such section 23.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 3 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, as amended June 24, 1930 (46 Stat. 805), for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations, fiscal year 1935, $2,500,000; to remain available until expended.

Public buildings: For emergency construction of public-building projects outside of the District of Columbia (including the acquisition, where necessary, by purchase, condemnation, exchange, or otherwise of sites and additional land for such buildings; the demolition of old buildings where necessary and the construction, remodeling, or extension of buildings; rental of temporary quarters during construction, including moving expenses; purchase of necessary equipment for buildings and such additional administrative expenses and salaries as may be required solely for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this paragraph), $65,000,000; such projects, including the sites therefor, to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General, acting jointly, from the public-building projects specified in Statements Numbered 2 and 3 incorporated in House Report Numbered 1879, Seventy-third Congress, pages 24 to 40, inclusive, and projects selected shall be carried out within the respective estimated or proposed limits of cost speci

fied in such statements except as such limits are authorized to be modified by the provisions of the next paragraph: Provided, That with a view to relieving country-wide unemployment the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General, în the selection of towns or cities in which buildings are to be constructed, shall endeavor to distribute the projects equitably throughout the country so far as may be consistent with the needs of the public service; and the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General may also select for prosecution under this appropriation such projects not included in such report as in their judgment are economically sound and advantageous to the public service: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to direct the preparation of all sketches, estimates, plans, and specifications (including supervision and inspection thereof), and to enter into all contracts, necessary for carrying out the purposes of this paragraph, and he is hereby authorized, when deemed by him desirable and advantageous, to employ, by contract or otherwise, temporary professional, technical, or nontechnical employees, firms or corporations, to such extent as may be required to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, without reference to civil-service laws, rules, and regulations, or to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, or to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States: Provided further, That in the acquisition of any land or sites for the purposes of Federal public buildings and in the construction of such buildings provided for in this paragraph, the provisions of sections 305 and 306 of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, as amended, shall apply.

In order to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into contracts when the bid of the lowest responsible bidder received in response to public advertisement exceeds the amount available for any project selected under the preceding paragraph and/or for projects for which allotment has been heretofore, or may hereafter be, made to the Treasury Department for public buildings construction by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (which allotments shall remain available for the execution of the projects concerned unless released by the Secretary of the Treasury), there shall be made available by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works an additional sum of $2,500,000 out of any unobligated funds under the control of such Administration, which total sum shall be transferred immediately upon the enactment of this Act to the Treasury Department and, when approved by the President, may be used in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into contracts for public buildings in an amount not exceeding, in any one case, 10 per centum in excess of the amount available therefor: Provided further, That not exceeding $30,000 of the sum herein appropriated shall be expended for construction of a retaining wall and/or improvement of grounds of Federal Building at Reno, Nevada.

SEC. 2. This title may be cited as the "Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935."

Approved, June 19, 1934.

Relating to direct loans for industrial purposes by Federal Reserve banks, and for other purposes.

SEC. 9. Section 301 of the National Industrial Recovery Act (U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 40, sec. 412) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following: "Provided further, That in connection with any loan or contract or any commitment to make a loan entered into by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation prior to June 26, 1933, to aid in financing part or all of the construction cost of projects pursuant to section 201 (a) (1) of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, as amended, the Corporation may make such further loans and contracts for the completion of any such project, or for improvements, additions, extensions, or equipment which are necessary or desirable for the proper functioning of any such project, or which will materially increase the assurance that the borrower will be able to repay the entire investment of the Corporation in such project, including such improvements, additions, extensions, or equipment; and the Corporation may disburse funds to the borrower thereunder, at any time prior to January 23, 1939, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this section or in section 201 (h) of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, as amended: Provided further, That any such further loans shall be made subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, as amended, with respect to the loans authorized by section 201 (a) (1) of said Act." Approved, June 19, 1934.

Authorizing loans from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works for the construction of certain municipal buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to borrow for the District of Columbia from the Federal Emergency Adminis

8 See note 5, p. 5, this compilation.

See Public, No. 746, 75th Cong., p. 58, this compilation.

tration of Public Works, created by the National Industrial Recovery Act, and said Administration is authorized to lend to said Commissioners, the sum of $10,750,000, or any part thereof, out of funds authorized by law for said Administration, for the acquisition, purchase, construction, establishment, and development of a tuberculosis hospital, a sewage-disposal plant, an extension of or addition to Gallinger Municipal Hospital, a jail or other enclosure for prisoners at Lorton, Virginia, or any one or more of said projects as the said Commissioners may determine.

SEC. 2. The sum authorized by section 1 hereof, or any part thereof shall, when borrowed, be available to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the acquisition by dedication, purchase, or condemnation of the fee simple title to land, or rights or easements in land, for the public uses authorized by this Act, and for the preparation of plans, designs, estimates, models, and contracts, for architectural and other necessary professional services, without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, for the construction of buildings, including materials and labor, heating, lighting, elevators, plumbing, landscaping, and all other appurtenances, and the purchase and installation of machinery, apparatus, and any and all other expenditures necessary for or incident to the complete construction of the aforesaid buildings and plants. All contracts, agreements, and proceedings in court for condemnation or otherwise, pursuant to this Act shall be had and made in accordance with existing provisions of law, except as otherwise herein provided.

SEC. 3. That 70 per centum of so much of said sum authorized by section 1 of this Act as may be expended as therein provided shall be reimbursed to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works from any funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia, as follows, to wit: Not less than $1,000,000 on the 30th day of June each year after such sum shall have been advanced to said District until the full amount expended hereunder is reimbursed, without interest for the first three years after any such advances and with interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per year thereafter on annual balances as of each June 30: Provided, That whenever the District of Columbia is under obligation by virtue of the provisions of section 4 of Public Act Numbered 284, Seventyfirst Congress, entitled "An Act for the acquisition, establishment, and development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, and so forth," approved May 29, 1930, to reimburse the United States for sums appropriated by the Congress under that Act, the total reimbursement required under both that Act and this Act shall be not less nor more than $1,300,000 in any one fiscal year: Provided, That the Commissioners may, in their discretion, repay more than said amount: And provided further, That the Commissioners may, in their discretion, allocate any reimbursement as between the sums due by them to the United States under the aforesaid Act and the sums due by them to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works under this Act: Provided, That such sums as may be necessary for the reimbursement herein required of or permitted by the District of Columbia, and for the payment of interest, shall be included in the annual estimates of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the first reimbursement to be made on June 30,

the elimination of existing hazards to life at railroad grade crossings, including the separation or protection of grades at crossings, the reconstruction of existing railroad grade crossing structures, and the relocation of highways to eliminate grade crossings, shall be apportioned by the Secretary of Agriculture to the several States (including the Territory of Hawaii and the District of Columbia), one-half on population as shown by the latest decennial census, onefourth on the mileage of the Federal-aid highway system as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and one-fourth on the railroad mileage as determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission, to be expended by the State highway departments under the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921, as amended and supplemented, and subject to the provisions of section 1 of such Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 993); but no part of the funds apportioned to any State or Territory under this joint resolution for public highways and grade crossings need be matched by the State or Territory: And provided further, That the President may also allot funds made available by this joint resolution for the construction, repair, and improvement of public highways in Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and money allocated under this joint resolution to relief agencies may be expended by such agencies for the construction and improvement of roads and streets: Provided, however, That the expenditure of funds from the appropriation made herein for the construction of public highways and other related projects shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe for carrying out this paragraph and preference in the employment of labor shall be given (except in executive, administrative, supervisory, and highly skilled positions) to persons receiving relief, where they are qualified, and the President is hereby authorized to predetermine for each State the hours of work and the rates of wages to be paid to skilled, intermediate, and unskilled labor engaged in such construction therein: Provided further, That rivers and harbors projects, reclamation projects (except the drilling of wells, development of springs and subsurface waters), and public buildings projects undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this joint resolution shall be carried out under the direction of the respective permanent Government departments or agencies now having jurisdiction of similar projects.

Funds made available by this joint resolution may be used, in the discretion of the President, for the purpose of making loans to finance, in whole or in part, the purchase of farm lands and necessary equipment by farmers, farm tenants, croppers, or farm laborers. Such loans shall be made on such terms as the President shall prescribe and shall be repaid in equal annual installments, or in such other manner as the President may determine.

Funds made available by this joint resolution may be used, in the discretion of the President for the administration of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, during the period of twelve months after the effective date of this joint resolution.

SEC. 2. The appropriation made herein shall be available for use only in the United States and its Territories and possessions. The provisions of the Act of February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351), relating to disability or death compensation and benefits shall apply to those persons receiving from the appropriation made herein, for services